It's Trivial: The Lazy Mathematician's Guide To Proofs

It's Trivial: The Lazy Mathematician's Guide To Proofs
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The most elegant mathematical proof you'll ever see! This masterpiece of academic rigor uses the sophisticated technique known as "proof by 'this is lame'" – a method taught in absolutely zero respectable universities.

For the uninitiated, this is poking fun at mathematical proofs by contradiction, where mathematicians assume the opposite of what they want to prove, then show it leads to nonsense. But instead of finding an actual contradiction, our brilliant mathematician just declares "This is lame" and drops the mic with "Q.E.D." (Latin for "thus it has been demonstrated").

Next semester: Proving Fermat's Last Theorem because "it would be really cool if it were true."

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